On March 13, 2013 the College of Cardinals elected Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J., who has taken the name of Pope Francis, as our next Holy Father.
Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki and Auxiliary Bishop Donald J. Hying both express great joy in the announcement (click here to read).
The latest news coming from the Vatican will be posted on this webpage as it becomes available. Parish, liturgical and media resources are also available below.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Although attempts were made to simplify the ceremony, Pope Francis officially inaugurated his ministry as pope and bishop of Rome in a liturgy filled with biblical symbolism and signs of the universality of his mission.
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VATICAN CITY –– Never give in to the devil's pessimism, discouragement and bitterness, Pope Francis said; Christians need to share the Gospel message with joy and courage because it will truly answer people's deepest needs.
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis is an early riser and surprised the Romans on the very first morning of his pontificate by visiting, at 8.15 am one of Rome's Major Basilicas, Saint Mary Major. The Pope came bearing a floral homage.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 76, the leader of a large urban archdiocese in Latin America, was elected the 266th pope and took the name Francis.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The tens of thousands of rain-drenched pilgrims who filled St. Peter's Square March 13 joyously cheered the new leader of the church, Pope Francis I.
Pope Benedict XVI’s papacy testifies to a churchman of scholarship and pastoral sensitivity.
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O God, who in your providential design willed that your Church be built upon blessed Peter, whom you set over the other Apostles, look with favor, we pray, on Francis, our Pope and grant that he, who you have made Peter’s successor, may be for your people a visible source and foundation of unity in faith and of communion. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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